MARK H. KENNEDY SR.

The funeral will be held Thursday at 7 p.m. in the chapel of Rouse Funeral Home. The Rev. Ben Sims will officiate. The committal service will be open to family members only and will be at Fairview Cemetery.

Mr. Kennedy was born in Lenoir County to the late Alonza Walter Kennedy and Hannah Hodges Kennedy. He was a retired farmer and was a member of LaGrange United Methodist Church.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Thursday following the service, and other times they will be at the home.

Memorial donations may be made to LaGrange United Methodist Church, 213 South Caswell St., LaGrange, N.C., 28551; or to the American Alzheimer's Association, 225 North Michigan Ave., Suite 1700, Chicago, Ill., 60601.